# Welfare Reform Act 2012, Paragraph 3


Regulations may provide—
(a) in a case where a person ceases to be entitled to universal credit and becomes entitled to a relevant benefit, for a sanction relating to the award of universal credit to be applied to the award of the relevant benefit;
(b) in a case where a person ceases to be entitled to a relevant benefit and becomes entitled to universal credit, for a sanction relating to the award of the relevant benefit to be applied to the award of universal credit;
(c) in a case where a person ceases to be entitled to one relevant benefit and becomes entitled to the other, for a sanction relating to the award of the former to apply to the award of the latter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/5/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-3
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